Anna van der Breggen will claim her second world title at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships after winning the overall at the Giro Rosa in Motta Montecorvino, Italy, on Saturday.The Dutch, who won the world title in Innsbruck two years ago, is the The champion will lead the Dutch national team in Imola with Annemiek van Fruten sidelined with a broken wrist.

She said she was the overall Giro Rosa winner at the end of Saturday's nine stages and is ready to contend for the rainbow jersey in both the women's elite time trial on September 24 and the road race on September 26.

"I'm feeling really good right now and the climbs are going well, so I'm happy to be pretty close," she said of the world championships on the hilly Imola course.

The UCI was forced to cancel the original World Championships scheduled for September 20-27 in Aigle Martigny, Switzerland, as well as the women's and men's junior, men's under-23, women's and men's elite time trial and all road race categories. The sport's governing body subsequently announced Imola in Emilia Romagna, Italy, as the alternate venue, and organizers announced that only the elite men's and women's events would be held over the four days.

"We are going to fight on this course and see where it goes," van der Breggen said of the 143-km road race course that climbs 2,800 meters above sea level.

In the short period between the end of the Giro Rosa and Thursday's time trial, van der Breggen said he plans to "recover a little bit.

The Dutch team will include Marianne Vos, Demi Vollering, Chantal van den Broeck-Braak, Amy Peters, Ellen van Dijk, and Florche McKay. Defending champion Van Vleuten will not be on the start line after breaking her wrist in a crash on stage 7 of the Giro Rosa.

Regarding the national team heading to Imola, van der Breggen said, "We haven't talked to each other yet.

Although the battle for the Maria Rosa in the final two stages was tainted by van Fruten's defeat, van der Breggen was happy with the win; it was his third overall win at the Giro Rosa, after winning the title in 2015 and 2017.

"It's always nice to win the Giro, and today it's thanks to the team.

The peloton allowed a breakaway of 26 riders. This breakaway briefly led the pack by more than four minutes before splitting into smaller groups.

Without the breakaway, van der Breggen said, the final race of the Giro Lorca would have been much tougher.

"There would probably have been attacks coming all the time, and it would have been a really difficult day. She said, "I think it was a good day for us." We thought the break was very good for us because (our highest GC finish) was nine minutes.

Reflecting on the nine days of tough and varied racing, van der Breggen added: "It was a great day.

There should be a celebration in the Boels-Dolman camp tonight, and the 30-year-old said, "I don't really like champagne, but I'm going to have some pizza and I think I'll have some gelato when we get back to the bus. The night after the Giro is always a good one. We're going to Rome and we're going to celebrate at the hotel together."